FLORIDA FARM BUREAU CAS. INS. CO. v. COX

No. 1D05-4111.

943 So.2d 823 (2006)

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Eugene A. COX and Debra Cox, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Order Granting Certification December 15, 2006.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Upton, Esquire of Daniell, Upton, Perry & Morris, P.C., Daphne, AL, for Appellant.

Gregory M. Shoemaker, Esquire of Schofield, Wade, Roane & Shoemaker, P.A., Pensacola and Louis K. Rosenbloum, Esquire of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellees.

Charles F. Beall, Jr., Esquire of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, for Amicus Curiae Helping Hands Legal Center.


BENTON, J.

Called upon to construe the 2004 version of Florida's Valued Policy Law (VPL or Law), the version in existence when Eugene A. and Debra Cox contracted with Florida Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) for homeowners' insurance, we give the statutory language literal effect, and affirm the judgment entered in favor of the Coxes on the pleadings below. We hold the VPL forecloses an insurer's challenge to the measure of damages in the event...

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